Swinging gate



(No Model.)

T. A. BILL. Swinging Gate.

No. 231,748. Patented Feb. 15,1881

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TERELIUS A. HILL, OF OATLIN, ILLINOIS.

SWINGING GATE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 237,748, dated February15, 1881 Application filed September 28, 1880. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, TERELIUS A. HILL, a citizen of the United States,residing at Catlin, in the county of Vermillion and State of lllinois,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Gates, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in gates, in which a flanged wheeloperates in conjunction with wires, levers, a slide-bar, and aspring-latch; and the objects of my invention are, first, to providefacilities for opening and closing a gate by levers at each side of thegate, or without levers at the gate; and, second, to provide the gatewith an adjustable These objects I accomplish by the mechanismillustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 representsa side elevation of the entire device, partially in section to show theconstruction and arrangement of certain parts. Fig. 2 is a top or planview of the same, showing the levers and their connecting mechanism foroperating the gate. Fig. 3 represents a side and edge view of thepivot-socket bearing for the base of the gate-stile. Fig. 4 is aperspective of the top hinge-plate. Fig. 5 represents a side and edgeview of the top pivotsocket, and Fig. 6 is an end view of the loweradjustable rail and one of its supportinglinks.

A represents the gate; B B B the stationary rails of the gate; F and b,the stiles; G, the post to which the gate is hinged, and G the postagainst which the gate closes.

The lower end of the stile S of the gate is inserted in a cast-ironpivot-socket, i, and the pivot 'i of this socket operates in a holeformed in the cast-iron bracket 70, which is secured to the post G bythe bolt is.

On the top ofthe post G is secured an angle-iron hinge-plate, Z Z, theangle part Z projecting downward on the rear side of the post, and madefast to the post by the bolt 9. The top part, Z, is provided with pinsor lugs h on its lower side, which fit into holes formed in the top ofthe post. The front end of this angle-plate Z Z, Figs. 2 and 4, isprovided with a pin-hole, 6 for the pivot T of the gate to operate in,and its front end is made round, as at 6 for the upper end of the leverI to slide round on.

operate in, as shown.

The upper end of the gate-stile S is also provided with a socket-cap, 1'having a square or oblong hole in its top, ,in which is secured the 5pivot T. This pivot T forms the shaft of a flanged wheel, U, whichrotates in a horizontal plane above the hinge-plate Z Z. This flangedwheel U is of peculiar construction, to wit: The rim is formed with ahorizontal flange, u, and a vertical flange, a, all around it forsupporting and holding in position the ropes ff. The flange u isprovided with a notch, m at one side, to permit the rod W to slidetherein, and the hub of the wheel is also provided with 6 a notch, W,for the inner end of the rod W to operate in. The flange a at one sideis made broader than at other parts, and provided with a slot, to, forthe bent end of the rod W to The outer end, to, of this rod is turneddown and fits in the slot w, formed in the flange "it of the wheel U,around which the wires ff pass. The inner end of this slide-rod operatesin the slot 20", formed in the hub of the wheel U, and projects beyond 7the hub of the wheel, and is provided on its end with a fork, 10 whichconnects with the lever B, as shown. The wires ff are wound around thestud V to make them fast to the flange of the wheel U, and these wiresare then carried half-wayround the wheel on the flange u and passed inopposite directions at the bent end to of the slide-bar W, and then lead011' at each side of the gate, and are connected to the rear ends of thelevers m m atp p. 8 These levers m m are pivoted to upright posts a n at0 0, and the projecting ends i" r of the levers are operated by theperson who desires to open the gate, as will be hereinafter described. 0

Above the wheel U is a cap, Y, large enough to protect the wheel U andits mechanism from the weather.

The lever I? is pivoted to the gate at Q, and to its lower end, at R, isattached the rod 1. This rod extends to the front end of the gate, andconnects with the rear end of the latch, which passes through a holeformed in the stile F, as at J. The lower end of the latch H is securedto the front of the stile F, and its upper end is free to vibrate andcatch in the keeper K, as shown.

The lower gate-rail, O, is a loose folding rail, the ends of which areheld in position by links 2 a ar/41a jj, the upper ends of which linksare pivoted on the studsj y, by means of which the rail may hang down orbe turned up against the rail B. The front end of the rail O is securedto the stile]? of the gate by the bar 7' and bolt j when it is desiredto fasten the rail down; but when the rail is turned up then the boltj"is removed.

Above the gate, and attached to the top of the stile F or to anupward-projecting plate, M, and to the pivot T, is a barbed wire, to.

The operation of my device is as follows, to wit: The gate being closed,in order to open it from either side by persons in vehicles, theoperator pushes either of the levers m or m toward the gate. Thus, ifthe lever '11: is pushed toward the gate the wire f is drawn back withthe lever. The wire presses the slide V in, thus forcing the lever Pforward, and the lower end of the lever moves the red I also back, thusremoving the latch H from its keeper on the post G. At the same time thewire rotates the wheel U, causing the gate to swing open away from theoperator until the gate reaches a position at right angles to that whenit is closed, thus permitting the operator to pass through. The operatorthen grasps the lever in and pulls the end 1 toward the gate, thusrepeating the operation just described, but in the opposite direction,and the gate is closed.

Vhat I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In combination with agate. A, and gatepost G, the top hinged plate, ZZ, having its front end, 0 round and provided with a hole. 0 the pivotT, forming the shaft of the wheel U, the wheel U, having a slide-rod, t,the lever l the wires or ropcsff', and the levers m an, all arranged tooperate substantially as shown and described.

2. The wheel U, having the slide Vv', combined with the wiresff, thegate A, the post G, and the lever P, as and for the purpose set forth.

The loose folding rail 0, with links jj, in combination with the stilesS F and barj substantially as shown and described.

4'. The wheel U, having the shaft T, and the slide V, combined with theleverl rod I, and spring-latch II, as and for the purpose specified.

5. The wheel U, having flanges a u, slots w, 11 and and stud V, combinedwith the ropes or wires ff, the bent rod \V w, and lever I, as and forthe purpose specified.

In testimony whereofl have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

E. O. FRINK, GEORGE H. BENNETT.

